The View That an Observer's Empathic Response to a Sufferer's

Multiple Choice

The view that an observer's empathic response to a sufferer's distress produces personal sadness, and that the individual acts to help the sufferer because of the egotistic motivation to relieve his/her own sadness, is an example of:

A) the empathy-altruism hypothesis
B) the empathy-specific reward hypothesis
C) the negative-state relief hypothesis
D) the empathy-specific punishment hypothesis
E) the negative-state egoism hypothesis